This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: キョウ、くる.う、くる.おしい、くるお.しい
Romaji: kyō, kuru.u, kuru.oshii, kuruo.shii
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

lunatic, insane, crazy, confuse

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  7
Radical Number:  94
Frequency:  1425
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  1-3-4
Korean Reading:  gwang
Chinese Reading:  kuang2
Unicode:  72c2
JIS:  3638

Indexes

Halpern Index: 269
Nelson Index: 2872
New Nelson Index: 3562
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3g4.2
Four Corner Index: 4121.4
Guide to Remembering Index: 1161
Gakken Index: 1352
Japanese Names Index: 366
Daikanwanjiten Index: 20287
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 7.0676
Remembering the kanji Index: 260
Kanji Flashcards Index: 1523
Kodansha Compact Index: 1300
Kanji in Context Index: 1513
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 202
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 241
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 266
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 277
Essential Kanji Index: 972
Kodansha Kanji Index: 318
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 2972
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1141

Words

(きょう)
(some type of) enthusiast; somebody possessed of a (certain kind of) mental abnormality
狂気 (きょうき)
madness; insanity
狂言 (きょうげん)
kyogen; farce presented between noh plays or during the interlude of a noh play; kabuki play; kabuki performance; make-believe; ruse; trick
狂人 (きょうじん)
lunatic; madman
狂詩曲 (きょうしきょく)
rhapsody
熱狂 (ねっきょう)
wild enthusiasm; being crazy about
狂う (くるう)
to go mad; to get out of order; to go amiss
狂乱 (きょうらん)
fury; frenzy; madness
狂い (くるい)
deviation; confusion; disorder
発狂 (はっきょう)
madness; craziness; insanity
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